Victoria Roberts

Raise Happy Chickens (eBook, ePUB)

How to raise healthy chickens and other poultry in your outdoor space

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Raise Happy Chickens and Other Poultry is a quickly accessible but authoritative guide, suitable for total beginners, that provides all the information you need to start keeping your own chickens.

Telling you which breed of bird lays best and providing useful guidance on housing, equipment and the necessities of day-to-day care, it meets all the needs of anyone who dreams of a garden full of happy, clucking birds. It also goes beyond just chickens to other types of poultry, and gives advice and practical guidelines on housing, with full explanation of key areas like welfare, behaviour and diet.

NOT GOT MUCH TIME?

One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.

AUTHOR INSIGHTS

Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author's many years of experience.

TEST YOURSELF

Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.

EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of chicken keeping.

FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER

Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.

TRY THIS

Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Murray Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444129618
• Artikelnr.: 39974421

Autorenporträt

Victoria Roberts, BVSc MRCVS, is the Honorary Veterinary Surgeon for the Poultry Club and demonstrates her considerate poultry expertise in five books on keeping chickens as well as in her position as editor of the Poultry Club newsletter.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Intro:: short history of poultry
2. 1.: Chickens
3. 2.: Ducks
4. 3.: Geese
5. 4.: Turkeys
6. 5.: Other birds: Guineafowl and Quail
7. : 6.      Meat production
8. : 7.      Diseases and problems: quick reference chart
9. 8.: Egg recipes
10. : Appendices
11.
* : Vermin control
* : Transport regulations
* : Exhibiting
* : Troubleshooting
12. : Glossary
13. : Useful addresses
14. : Further reading
15. : Index